Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment · ¶73

This theory of intent requires a sufficiently specific showing of knowledge. In Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Es tados Unidos Mexicanos, 605 U. S. 280 (2025), this Court rejected secondary liability for gun manufacturers whose guns were used by Mexican drug cartels to commit violence in Mexico due to insufficient allegations of intent. Id., at 291. There, Mexico alleged that the gun manufacturers had aided and abetted the unlawful gun sales that routed guns to those cartels. Id., at 287–289. As the Court observed, there was “little doubt that, as the complaint asserts, some [unlawful] sales take place—and that the manufacturers know they do.” Id., at 294. Nonetheless, applying the principles of aidingand-abetting liability discussed in Twitter, the Court concluded that Mexico had not plausibly alleged that the gun manufacturers had “ `participate[d] in' ” the illicit sale of guns to…

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